[ERT: 30 min.] - A critical analysis of the dominant cultures' inability and unwillingness to question the concept of civilization, the underlying reasons for this failure, and possible alternatives to relate to each other and the environment.
Hey man, regarding this phrase "or a few tamed animals kept close by", I know you may refer to pastoralism, but that's often where I draw the line, because it involves meddling with the natural behavior and the will of the animals, and thus approaching the state of domestication...
On a side note, do you have a source where to delve deeper on the change of flood regimes of major rivers 7000 years ago?
Thanks a lot for your comment, and sorry for the delay in my response.
The issue you've raised here is actually really important. In fact, since I've been meaning to write about Primitivism and Domestication for quite a while now, it's important enough for me to address it in a separate Reader's Correspondence post that will be out in a few days.
I've started writing an answer here, but it quickly got way too long for a comment, so I hope you don't mind me addressing your concern in long form.
Regarding the past flood regimes of major rivers, I most recently encountered this hypothesis in Graeber & Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything." They give the following citations:
Day, John W. et al. 2007. ‘Emergence of complex societies after sea
level stabilized.’ EOS 88 (15): 169–76.
Pennington, B. et al. 2016. ‘Emergence of civilization, changes in fluvio-deltaic style and nutrient redistribution forced by Holocene seal-level rise.’ Geoarchaeology 31: 194–210.
Hey man, regarding this phrase "or a few tamed animals kept close by", I know you may refer to pastoralism, but that's often where I draw the line, because it involves meddling with the natural behavior and the will of the animals, and thus approaching the state of domestication...
On a side note, do you have a source where to delve deeper on the change of flood regimes of major rivers 7000 years ago?
Thanks a lot for your comment, and sorry for the delay in my response.
The issue you've raised here is actually really important. In fact, since I've been meaning to write about Primitivism and Domestication for quite a while now, it's important enough for me to address it in a separate Reader's Correspondence post that will be out in a few days.
I've started writing an answer here, but it quickly got way too long for a comment, so I hope you don't mind me addressing your concern in long form.
Regarding the past flood regimes of major rivers, I most recently encountered this hypothesis in Graeber & Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything." They give the following citations:
Day, John W. et al. 2007. ‘Emergence of complex societies after sea
level stabilized.’ EOS 88 (15): 169–76.
Pennington, B. et al. 2016. ‘Emergence of civilization, changes in fluvio-deltaic style and nutrient redistribution forced by Holocene seal-level rise.’ Geoarchaeology 31: 194–210.
Thanks a lot, I'm looking forward to reading that post
Spot on!